Nandigama | |
|---|---|
Town | |
![]() Interactive map of Nandigama | |
| Coordinates: 16°46′35″N80°17′07″E / 16.7763°N 80.2853°E / 16.7763; 80.2853 | |
| Country | |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Region | Coastal Andhra |
| District | NTR |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Chairman | Tummala Srinivas Babu |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.07 km2 (8.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 44,359 |
| • Density | 2,105/km2 (5,453/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | T |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 521 185 |
| Telephone code | +91–8678 |
| Vehicle registration | AP–16 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Nandigama |
Nandigama is a town in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a Municipality and also the headquarters of Nandigama mandal in Nandigama revenue division.[2][4]
Nandigama is located 50 km West of Vijayawada and 46 km east of Kodada.
| Climate data for Nandigama (1991-2020, extremes 1989–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.8(96.4) | 39.9(103.8) | 43.0(109.4) | 44.7(112.5) | 47.1(116.8) | 47.0(116.6) | 40.3(104.5) | 39.9(103.8) | 38.2(100.8) | 37.8(100.0) | 34.5(94.1) | 35.8(96.4) | 47.1(116.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0(87.8) | 33.7(92.7) | 36.8(98.2) | 39.1(102.4) | 41.0(105.8) | 37.2(99.0) | 33.8(92.8) | 32.6(90.7) | 32.9(91.2) | 32.3(90.1) | 31.3(88.3) | 30.3(86.5) | 34.3(93.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.9(62.4) | 18.9(66.0) | 21.7(71.1) | 24.5(76.1) | 26.6(79.9) | 25.8(78.4) | 24.5(76.1) | 24.0(75.2) | 23.7(74.7) | 22.7(72.9) | 20.0(68.0) | 16.7(62.1) | 22.1(71.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.9(48.0) | 13.1(55.6) | 14.9(58.8) | 19.1(66.4) | 18.5(65.3) | 19.8(67.6) | 19.2(66.6) | 20.4(68.7) | 20.1(68.2) | 15.6(60.1) | 11.3(52.3) | 9.7(49.5) | 8.9(48.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12.5(0.49) | 8.2(0.32) | 11.7(0.46) | 17.9(0.70) | 41.0(1.61) | 124.8(4.91) | 175.7(6.92) | 217.4(8.56) | 179.0(7.05) | 128.0(5.04) | 30.6(1.20) | 8.2(0.32) | 955.0(37.60) |
| Average rainy days | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 52.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 50 | 45 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 50 | 63 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 56 | 55 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[5][6][7] | |||||||||||||
Civic administration
Nandigama Municipality is the civic administrative body of the town which was constituted in the year 2011. It has an area of 25.90 km2 (10.00 mi2).[1] The municipal chairman of Municipality is Padmavathi Yaragorla and the vice-chairman is V.Ashok Kumar.[8]
Politics
Nandigama a part of Nandigama (SC) (Assembly constituency) for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Castes. TANGIRALA SOWMYA is the present MLA of the constituency from TELUGU DESAM Party.[9] It is also a part of Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency) which was won by Kesineni Sivanadh (Chinni) of Telugu Desam Party.[10][11]

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and TSRTC operates several bus buses services from Nandigama bus station to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[12] The town has a total road length of 139.60 km (86.74 mi).[13]